After maxing out his regular Armament Haki, Alvin still had 170 million Bounty Points left, which he decided to save for a rainy day.
With his current strength, as long as he did not encounter an Admiral, he could handle almost anything!
Alvin was very satisfied and happy to have reached max level before entering the Grand Line!
It seemed he could celebrate the New Year in the Grand Line.
He already had a Log Pose and sea charts, so next he needed to prepare more food, fruits, and fresh water, and then he would set off for the Grand Line!
Alvin immediately headed into the forest.
After Alvin left, Kuma and the other Revolutionary Army members finally dared to walk out. Oster's eyes filled with hatred as he looked at the corpses of the Sea Wolf Pirates members scattered along the shore.
Not long after the Kingdom of Silvia was expelled from the World Government's allied nations, they had been plundered by the Sea Wolf Pirates.
During that disaster, many people in their city were killed, assaulted, and abducted, while most of their treasures were stolen.
The Sea Wolf Pirates had been active in the West Blue for many years, yet the Marines had never been able to eliminate them. Now they had been completely wiped out by Red Hawk Alvin alone.
It was truly ironic that a pirate had accomplished something the Marines could not do in more than a decade.
"I'll go search the sea. The Sea Wolf Pirates have been active in the West Blue for so long, they must have accumulated a lot of treasure, and Red Hawk probably needs these things," Oster said as he removed his shirt and jumped straight into the sea.
Kuma and the others standing on the shore exchanged glances, then also took off their shirts and jumped into the water to help.
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Soon afterward, deep in the forest, Alvin had already lit a bonfire and was grilling Blood Bull Beast meat over the flames as oil crackled and sizzled.
"I haven't eaten this in several days. Can this really still be eaten?" Alvin stared at the skewer of freshly roasted meat in his hand.
After thinking for a moment, he took a bite.
"Hmm?" The moment he bit into it, Alvin's eyes immediately lit up. "It's crispy, there is no strange taste, and it's actually quite delicious!"
Immediately afterward, his left hand retrieved a bottle of fine wine from Kuma's bar from his system storage space. Holding the bottle in his left hand and a skewer of roasted meat in his right hand, his afternoon meal today was as simple as that.
After eating and drinking his fill, most of the Blood Bull Beast meat had finished roasting. He tore it into pieces and stored it inside his system space, then gathered a large amount of fruit from the forest before returning to the city.
"Hmm?"
"What is it? Do you need something from me?" As soon as he returned to his temporary lodging, Alvin saw Oster, Kuma, and several others waiting outside the door beside a large pile of treasure.
He raised an eyebrow while looking at them.
At that moment Oster stepped forward. His expression was calm, but the sincerity on his face was obvious.
"Red Hawk, thank you for eliminating the Sea Wolf Pirates and avenging the countless civilians of this city who suffered back then.
All of these treasures were recovered from the Sea Wolf Pirates' sunken ships. We offer them all to you as a small expression of our gratitude.
Although… you were the one who defeated the Sea Wolf Pirates, we truly have nothing more valuable left." Oster looked at Alvin seriously as he spoke.
Alvin stared at Oster indifferently for several seconds before replying.
"I accept your goodwill. You may leave now."
After speaking, he stored the entire pile of treasure directly into his system storage.
Seeing Alvin accept their offering, Oster was overjoyed.
"Thank you again, Red Hawk!"
Then the Revolutionary Army members exchanged excited glances with each other before leaving Alvin's lodging.
Alvin quietly watched them leave and muttered softly to himself.
"Truly interesting"
He shook his head and went inside the house.
These Revolutionary Army members were extremely idealistic and rather naive.
The island where the Kingdom of Silvia was located had a very important geographical position. When Silvia was still a member nation of the World Government, everything was fine.
Now that the country had been expelled from the allied nations, there was no way the World Government would allow a port city with such a critical strategic location to remain under the control of an independent nation.
Alvin guessed the final outcome.
Eventually this port city would become something like Loguetown in the East Blue, directly subordinate to the World Government and transformed into a strategically important naval stronghold firmly controlled by the Marines.
However, the Revolutionary Army in the West Blue probably had not anticipated such a result.
— — — —
While Alvin was resting, Aokiji, who had been cycling across the sea toward the Kingdom of Silvia, suddenly stopped again to answer a Den Den Mushi call.
After hanging up, his brow furrowed and his expression grew more serious.
He had not expected that in just over a year Red Hawk Alvin would already be capable of defeating an established pirate crew like the Sea Wolf Pirates.
Red Hawk Alvin's rate of growth was somewhat beyond his expectations.
After thinking for a short moment, he resumed pedaling his bicycle and continued toward the Kingdom of Silvia.
However, his speed was noticeably faster than before the call.
— — — —
After returning to his temporary lodging, Alvin took a bath and immediately fell asleep, not even waking up for dinner.
He slept until the next morning.
After waking up, Alvin went to Kuma's bar to have a simple breakfast.
"Kuma, for breakfast I'll have some vegetable salad and a few glasses of milk," Alvin said immediately after entering the bar, even before sitting down.
Hearing Alvin's request, Kuma paused and tilted his head while looking at him.
"Milk?"
"Yes, you heard correctly. Milk. I'm planning to leave after breakfast," Alvin confirmed calmly.
"Hehehe. Milk is good. Milk is much better than alcohol," Kuma said with a chuckle, feeling that Alvin had finally learned to behave.
Then he suddenly reacted.
"No, wait! You mean after breakfast you're leaving the Kingdom of Silvia?"
"That's right. Those pirates no longer dare to come here. What reason do I have to stay?" Alvin replied casually.
Kuma was speechless for a moment. It was rather strange that a pirate seemed to enjoy hunting pirates even more enthusiastically than the Marines did.
He turned and went into the back room to prepare Alvin's breakfast.
Before long a breakfast rich in Vitamin C was prepared, and Kuma also poured Alvin a large glass of milk.
Alvin did not hesitate and began eating immediately.
Kuma watched him with a hesitant expression on his face before finally asking the question he could not hold back any longer.
"Um… Red Hawk. Why do you enjoy killing pirates so much when you are also a pirate yourself?"
Hearing this, Alvin raised his head and looked at Kuma meaningfully.
"What do you mean by enjoying killing pirates? I'm simply making a small contribution to the peace of this sea. So Kuma, make sure you never do anything bad."
Kuma froze.
His face even turned slightly pale.
For a moment he felt that what Red Hawk had just said actually sounded like the truth.
After finishing breakfast, Alvin waved casually to Kuma before leaving the bar and walking toward the sea.
When he reached the port, he released his jet ski from his system storage, climbed onto it, twisted the throttle, and quickly departed from the port city.
Not far from the coast, Alvin stopped and looked back.
He had a feeling that if he ever returned, this place would probably have become a second Loguetown.
Thinking about this, he shook his head and laughed at himself. What did any of that have to do with him?
Just as he was about to restart his jet ski, his gaze suddenly shot toward another direction across the sea.
A sniper rifle instantly appeared in his hand.
Aokiji, who was more than ten kilometers away, seemed to sense something. He stopped his bicycle and also looked toward Alvin's direction.
But in the next instant his body immediately began to transform into ice.
"Bang!"
"Boom!!!"
A high speed rotating sniper bullet wrapped in Armament Haki slammed directly into Aokiji and exploded with a thunderous roar.
The blast shattered Aokiji into countless pieces of ice!
Back on Alvin's side, he calmly put away the still smoking sniper rifle.
Looking toward the distant sea where Aokiji had been, he murmured quietly.
"Admiral Aokiji. We will meet again."
As soon as he finished speaking, the jet ski surged forward at full speed, rapidly disappearing into the distant horizon where the sky met the sea.
Far away, the scattered ice fragments slowly reassembled, reforming Aokiji's body.
He looked toward the direction Alvin had disappeared, then down at his shattered bicycle.
His brows tightened.
"Arara. What an impolite brat."
Aokiji was clearly irritated. That bicycle had been his longtime companion for many years.
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